Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
Hi, Hubby and I are planning on going full time part-time starting next year. I have been following the Paynes and this forum for about 6 months. Thank you all, it is so informative! I would love to go full time but can't convince Hubby! We both love to travel and have been traveling on vacations and long w...
So . . . anyone have a notion of how much wind a fifth wheel can take without toppling over?This is with slides in and everything secured . . . water tank full for extra weight.I ask because we are in NJ - static and working - and, while not at this moment in the direct path of Hurricane Irene, we are looking a...
After many years of planning and preparing and several months of sprucing up the property, our house is finally on the "For Sale by Owner" market. Since we have 4 acres, we have listed it on several websites including one for horse sites. Once it is sold, we will retire from the standard wo...
Well it has been almost three weeks now since we have started our full time adventure. It has been scary, a learning curve but all in all wonderful. We had many issues with our satellite TV and Internet but for the last three days we have been up and running. Have enjoyed catching up with everyone's po...
We have a Sprint Sierra Wireless Hotspot that we haven't been able to get to connect to the network in several months. Sprint has sent me 2 different replacement spots to no avail. I get some 3G service on my Samsung Galaxy so I know there is service in the area. We're trying to decide whether to dump th...
What's the best way to get the rig and pickup washed? We've arrived here in southern FL for the winter and will be in Moore Haven (near Lake Okechobee) for two weeks then parked in Fort Myers for 3 months. Googling RV wash Fort Myers reveals truck wash places and a couple of RV service centers. Our plans ar...
Hi guys:) Well, we are finally fulltiming in our 40ft Alfa Seeya, been living on famcamp on base now for almost 3 weeks. A couple of issues have come up....ie: Smelly toilet, we have been flushing lots of water when we flush, have put deoderiser in (SP?) still kinda stinky, any suggestions? Have level...
My Wonderful Husband was in Marines Infantry ( aka grunt) and we have called ourselves the Grunt family for years. Now we are making a HUGE lifestyle change and giving up everything that we have worked really hard for to pursue a life of more freedom and simplicity and becoming fulltime RVer. We have a o...
As future full-timers we wonder what others do with such important papers as insurance policies, RV and/or toad titles, etc. We don't know if we should keep them in a safe deposit box or with us as we travel. What do you take and what do you keep in a safe location other than your RV home? As always, thank yo...
I just wanted to thank you all for taking the time to reply to my message. We have been dreaming to do this for so long...and I mean years...looking back on our life , I can say today that we are in our better stage money wise, if one can say that...all in the right proportion of course, but still we are not in a...
I am looking for a campground in the Clearwater/Dunedin area that has cable included. My hubby and I stayed at Dunedin RV Resort last summer for 7 weeks and loved it. We had to pay for cable and have the cable company come and hook it up. This seems to be the case with all the campgrounds in that area. I'...
I guess I have the cart before the Horse and have posted before introducing myself. My name is Caroline and I am married to my "Keeper Hubby" after releasing the first 2 back into the wild where they now happily roam. In 2001 we bought a lite weight 30 foot RV and an F-150. I guess we have used...
Hi, We are new to the forum, the website and the idea of full timers rvers.... My husband,mysself and our 2 teen girls (and 2 dogs) have decided that it is time to pursuit our long time dream to become a full time rvers...however as most of you would assume, we have feras, concerns,questions, doubts, you...
just spent over two hours reading many great topics, Q&A's, and i hate being on this #@** computer, but i love rving with my wife Patti and boston terrier Jack. had a travel trailer for 4 years and upgraded to a montana 5th wheel last february. got a new 3500 chevy silverado dually and put 22,000 mile...
I use Walgreens at the moment with there discount pharmacy membership and seem to have no problems anywhere on the east coast in getting my meds. and the rate isnt bad. My question is by changing over to walmart requires paperwork and I have heard horror stories chasing scripts is it worth the 40 bucks i...
Hello Everyone- First want to thank you all, the forum has been so helpful in our journey to full timing. A special thank you to Howard & Linda- this site is a valuable tool! I need advice today with Direct TV, when I call, I ask to speak with a CS rep familiar RVing- they say they are, tell them...
Any recommendations regarding findig vets once you are full timing? We've had the same vet for a while now and had to find an emergency vet one time and were fortunate to have a friend in the area who gave us a great recommendation. Once you are full time how do you locate a vet when needed? Are there site...
OK I have not read about this on any of posts so here it goes. A little advice since we travel with dogs. We chain them to the 5er to let them out. They tend to pee in the same areas as dogs tend to do, so the smell would get noticeable. Looked on line and found that if you take white vinagar to the spots were th...
My husband and I have finally found "our perfect" single axle freight liner. Thing is the title is a commercial title. I guess USAA says they cannot loan money on a commercial vehicle. Therefor I am lost, beings that USAA is the only bank we have used for umteem years. Hoping someone can sugg...
A couple of weeks ago we posted our mpg 181 for sale on three RV forums, including this one. So far the only response has been someone who is 2000 miles away - hardly a likely buyer for our trailer. Yesterday, at the Springfield RV show, I talked to our dealer. They will take it on consignment for a flat fee o...
My wife and I have been full timers for since 2008 and we have been traveling during the summer since 2006 for our job. I have not had a chance to look over the entire site. However from what I have read I thought it a good idea to join since we travel so much and are kind of young to be full timers and have learn...
I'm headed to the NE area for a couple weeks starting mid-November. I need help on two things. One is for those of you who live up there, please do your anti-snow dance. Second, is some suggestions on what to see while I'm there. We have no iteniary excepting that we'll start being tourists from New Yo...
First snow of the season is falling........Im out there clearing the walkway and a crew stops and offers to keep it clear for the season for 400.Bucks..........Im thinking 400 bucks is enough fuel money to get to Jacksonville Fla.........the Carolina's.......Alabama !!!!!!!! Looks like I will...
I am excited! We are going to get an RV. It's an older model. And needs work. However its is still liveable. We aren't going to get on the road yet. We are going to live in it. We just want to build up our savings and fix up our RV. Now we just need to down-size everything.
Hi everyone! I would like to introduce myself as a new forum member. We are fulltimers since May 2011, and I have been reading this forum for a few months now as a guest, and finally decided to join. The topics discussed on here are very interesting and relevant, and I like that the posts are civilized and...
Hi everybody, it has been awhile. Well with a nice shinny new truck, and a new 5'ver It looks like were not going to be able to go fulltime just yet. I have been called back into service. I can't say where or why. Soooo it looks like we are going to be weekenders and holiday'ers. Hopefully we will get to att...
Our engine and coach batteries are in the same compartment. We accidentally left the key on and our engine battery went dead. Can we jump our engine battery using our coach/marine batteries? We got the battery back in operation using a battery charger but it would be nice if we didn't have to dig it...
Is anyone using USAA for their banking ? We have received ads through our local American Legion. We use US Bank online services now, but are thinking about changing. Wayne
